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By Ben Fried

8:52 AM EDT on June 27, 2017

Will New Jersey’s Next Governor Give a Fig About Transit? (Gotham Gazette)
If Cuomo Doesn’t Fix the Subways, His Poll Numbers Could Go the Way of Christie’s (Crain’s)
Amtrak Boss Wick Moorman Stepping Down, Former Delta CEO Richard Anderson Taking Over (Politico)
Brad Hoylman Wants More Heat on MTA/DOT to Speed Up Slow, Unreliable Bus Service (AMNY)
5 Years and $369 Million Later, MTA Has Completed Sandy Repairs at New South Ferry Station (Post)
Rider Who Went Through F Train Hell Calls for Overhaul of MTA’s Emergency Protocols (News)
Driver Killed, Passenger Critically Injured in Crash on Skillman Ave and Queens Blvd (DNA, TL)
DA: Wrong-Way Driver Who Critically Injured Cyclist in Midtown Was “Thoroughly Intoxicated” (News)
83rd Precinct Goes on an Anti-Bike Victim-Blaming Tear (DNA)
Students at the Lou Gehrig School Have a Message for Motorists: “Slow Down” (BxTimes)
Daily News Agitates for Weekday Service to Jones Beach for Car-Free New Yorkers

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Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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